Saint Augustine
Saint Augustine
Augustine of Hippo, also known as Saint Augustine, Saint Austin, Blessed Augustine, and the Doctor of Grace, was an early Christian theologian and philosopher whose writings influenced the development of Western Christianity and Western philosophy. He was the bishop of Hippo Regius, located in Numidia. He is viewed as one of the most important Church Fathers in Western Christianity for his writings in the Patristic Era. Among his most important works are The City of God and Confessions...
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aging knows ifs
What is time? If I am not asked, I know; if I am asked, I don't.
spiritual rejoice knows
We both exist and know that we exist, and rejoice in this knowledge.
reason knows
Love has reasons that reason knows not.
existence knows
We are and we know we are and we love to be it and know it.
lord teach knows
Lord, teach me to know you, and to know myself.
god knows
We can know what God is not, but we cannot know what He is.
assessment lord knows
For so it is, O Lord my God, I measure it! But what it is I measure, I do not know.
cauldron ears sang
To Carthage I came, where there sang all around my ears a cauldron of unholy loves.
good
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.
abstinence easier
To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
loved
Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all.
aspire begin great
You aspire to great things? Begin with little ones.
believe faith reward
Faith is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of this faith is to see what we believe.